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Report: Despite many challenges, world faces brighter future

"Although great human tragedies like Iraq and Darfur dominate the news, the vast majority of the world is living in peace, conflicts actually decreased over the past decade," says the 2007 State of the Future report. picked by deepchill 1 year ago

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27	Bornbad

1 year ago

Good news is always welcome, deep.

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12	deepchil...

1 year ago

Sometimes it seems like there never is any. It's nice to take in something positive from time to time.

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6	bluenutr...

1 year ago

Finally, some good news. I was needing this.

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15	rambler

1 year ago

"This is the most vetted, longest lasting, cumulative integrated futures research project in history," said Jerome Glenn, head of the Millennium Project, which each year updates and expands the State of the Future.

Sounds a bit like the "Seldon Plan", Asimov's concept of psychohistory.

Yes, good news to see positive trends... but there is still a lot to do. Even one conflict in Africa (or anywhere) is too much, etc. And I am still hoping for increased and improved communication between peoples with widely different belief systems, be they religious, economic, or whatever.

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19	Hoosker

1 year ago

nice find DC

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19	pocksuck...

1 year ago

And in a strangely positive way, the site was really slow when I clicked it. Suggests a lot of people are all seeing this at once.

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11	DoggySpe...

1 year ago

I also notices this.
I mean, Europe is not complete void of "war" and every country lives in peace (Technically, Turkey and Greece are still at war, but not much shooting going on). This hasn't happened in AGES.

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